Hill Top Farmhouse, Coniston Cold, BD23 4EA

Here's our TOP TEN reasons to love Hill Top Farmhouse:

1. Bursting with character - Grade II Listed - an early 18th Century traditional stone and slate semi-detached farmhouse with flagged floors, stone mullion windows, stone fireplace, tongue and bead doors, exposed beams and traditional stone staircase.

2. Add value and put your own stamp on it - the farmhouse is now ready for upgrading and would make a great renovation project.

3. Spacious accommodation set over three floors with a gross internal measurement of c. 1718 sq ft (159.6 sq m).

4. Come on in... through the enclosed porch and into the living room with inglenook fireplace. Off here is the sitting room with a brick and stone fireplace. There is also a flight of stone steps, however these have been blocked off and do not lead to the first floor. The kitchen is fitted with base and wall units. The original stone staircase leads to the first floor with two spacious double bedrooms, one with built-in wardrobes, a third single bedroom and house bathroom.

5. Attic space - an open riser staircase leads from bedroom 2 to the second floor attic room with potential for occasional bedroom 4/hobbies room.

6. Generous plot, c. 0.50 acres (0.20 hectares) with lawn and herbaceous borders to the east and a private flagged seating terrace to the south. There is also a timber garden shed and a small detached stone and slate outbuilding with attached open fronted store. With direct access off the A65, a large area provides private parking for a number of vehicles; there is also a shared private track to the north of the property (shaded brown on the sale plan).

7. Coniston Cold is a small village, situated on the A65 surrounded by open fields. Overlooking its own lake and nestled on a 1400 acre estate, Coniston Cold Hotel, Country Estate and Spa is on the doorstep and offers award winning dining, excellent conference and meeting facilities as well as a wide range of activities including shooting, off-road driving, archery and fishing.

8. Nearby are the villages of Hellifield (3 miles) with a village shop, doctors' surgery, post office, pub, primary school and two churches and Gargrave (2.2 miles) with a Co-op, church, village hall and several pubs. Long Preston, known as the 'Gateway to the Dales' being 5 miles distant, is an attractive village with a primary school, pubs, a post office, village shop and village hall.

9. Further afield - a larger selection of facilities can be found in the popular market towns of Skipton (6.6 miles) and Settle (9.2 miles) both with train stations (Skipton on the Airedale Line and Settle on the scenic Settle to Carlisle Line). Leeds Bradford Airport is 25.6 miles distant.

10. For those keen on outdoor life, the property is close to The Yorkshire Dales and, along with the Lake District National Park and the nearby Forest of Bowland National Landscape (formerly known as an AONB), this is an area where the outdoors can really be embraced. Surrounded by nature and wildlife, where walks including the Three Peaks, cycle routes, riding and caving are all at hand and yet it remains extremely accessible.